Chapter 6
Chapter 6 . I will give you a hundred thousand dollars . The rooftop of a building in Seochodong .
On the windy rooftop, three gangsters including Manager Park was kneeling in front of a man, sniffling .
“Sob…sob… it, it hurts so much…”
“Mo…mother…”
The gangsters who had received Kang Chul-In’s brutal “mental training” had thrown away all manly pride and dignity . To that extent, Kang Chul-In’s blows were scary, and merciless .
“Stop crying . ”
Kang Chul-In, who was sitting dangerously on the rooftop edge said .
“It…it just hurts so bad…”
“I think… we need to go to the hospital…”
The gangsters moaned and defended themselves .
“Do you guys need some more mental training?”
Kang Chul-In asked with a disapproving look .
“No, no! It doesn’t hurt!”
The gangsters all exclaimed together .
“Mmm . Good . ”
And Kang Chul-In smiled and nodded approvingly .
“Hey, you gang boss . ”
“Yes, yes!”
Manager Park answered the call of Kang Chul-In .
“You, you need to run an errand for me . ”
“An… errand?”
“Find a person for me . ”
“…?”
“An inquiry office or things like that, isn’t that gangsters’ specialty?”
“Ye… yes!”
And like Kang Chul-In said, Manager Park was running a personal inquiry office . It was a sort of side job .
“Write it down . ”
“Huh?”
“Write it down . ”magic
“Yes!”
Manager Park quickly shuffled inside the pocket of his suit jacket and pulled out a cheap monami pen along with a small notebook .
“The name is Kwak Jung, age 28, area is Seoul . They say he is a heavy chain smoker and will go through a pack in a sitting, so keep note of that . ”“Yes… Kwak Jung… 28… Seoul… chain-smoker…”
Manager Park carefully wrote down all that Kang Chul-In had said .
“How long would it take?”
“Excuse me?””
“How long does it take . ”
“That… um… well… is this it?”
“What is?”
“So… just a name, age, area, and him being a chain-smoker… this can’t be all the information you…”
“That’s it . ”
“…”
Manager Park’s mouth hung open at Kang Chul-In’s careless response .
“Um… I’m sorry to ask this… but don’t you think there is too little information?”
“Really?”
In that moment, Kang Chul-In was taken aback .
Thinking about it more, there was some truth in what Manager Park said . There was very little information . It would have been easier to at least know his alma mater, but all Kang Chul-In knew about Kwak Jung was what he said to Manager Park above . He too, had never meet Kwak Jung .
‘Did I ask too much… no, no . Why would I make an inquiry if he was easy to find?’
And Kang Chul-In who had developed a bit of a soft heart soon regained the cruel and wicked mind of an employer .
“Hey, gang boss . ”
“Yes, sir . ”
“If you are running an errand office, act like one . ”“What do you mean no?”
Kang Chul-In smirked .
“I will write you a contract . In three days, I will bring 20,000 in cash and be at your office . It would not be a bad deal even with just the 20,000 anyways . ”
Park Du-Sik, who had been found out was speechless and could only blink in response .
“Well, then I will be leaving, so you clean up after yourselves . We will talk more in detail at the office then . ”
Kang Chul-In with those words left the rooftop .
“…”
“…”
“…”
It was silent between the three gangsters who had been left on the rooftop .
“Boss…”
The first one who spoke was the muscle who had been hit on the chin by Kang Chul-In .
“What, punk . ”
Park Du-Sik answered .
“What should we do? Should I gather all the boys?”
“Boys?”
“You aren’t going to get revenge? Even if he is good, he is alone . There is strength in numbers . ”
“…Kwang-Pil . ”
“Yes, boss . ”
The gangster called Kwang-Pil answered to Park Du-Sik’s low voice .
“You, can you land even one punch?”
“…”
“Punk, even if I haven’t been in a while, I was once the gold medalist of the National Sports Meet . ”
“I know, boss . ”
“That guy, no, that boss, isn’t just anyone . Even with tens of us, we probably won’t be able to bring him down . From the start, if you aren’t a professional boxer, you won’t even be his match . You call the guys, and you are just prepping for mourning . ”
Park Du-Sik remembered Kang Chul-In’s fighting skills, and shook his head .
“Boss, but we have a face to maintain…”
“Why, because your pride is hurt so you will go at him again?”
“It’s… it’s not that… but…”
“Leave it . Why dance with knives just to clean up after the CEO?”
Although his pride was hurt, Park Du-Sik was not stupid enough to retaliate because of an incident like this .
“For some reason, I don’t have a bad feeling about this one . ”
Park Du-Sik looked thoughtful for once .
“I don’t know if we can believe him, but if he pays a 100 thousand for an errand, it is better than cleaning up after a couple of newly rich kids . ”
“Boss! You believe him? He looks like a young little thing!”
“Hey, you stupid idiot!”
Park Du-Sik roared .
“You, did you ever meet someone who used his fists that well and had that much guts? He isn’t just anyone, even with just a glance . Even if you waved a branding iron in front of his face, he would not have blinked an eye . ”
“That’s true . ”
“You will survive as a gangster with an eye for people . Fists? Don’t be stupid . Like that boss said, gangsters these days have no fun . You throw around punches and fool around in these times, and you will go in and out of school collecting more and more stars . ”
“…”
“We won’t lose anything anyway, so let’s just wait . Let’s wait and see, it won’t be too late for a decision then . First, we should see if he brings the 20 thousand in three days . ”
And the eyes of Park Du-Sik shined sharply .
***
At the same time .
Kang Chul-In who had gone in a taxi had been quietly heading to his studio apartment .
‘Finding Kwak Jung has been done for now… and now I need to focus on exercise with the remaining time . ’
It was crucial to train the body with the Great Summoning ahead . Pangaea was a different world than earth . There were all sorts of dangerous monsters all over, and there were no laws governing the lands . To prepare for any situation, it was necessary to build strength and power .
‘I also should get a gym membership . Wait… how much is in my bank account?”
To build muscle in a short amount of time, one-on-one personal training was needed from a good trainer . And to get a trainer, one needed quite a bit of money, so Kang Chul-In checked his bank account with his smartphone app .
‘Crap . ’
There was no money .
‘I can’t even give those kids the money upfront . ’
Forget the $20,000, there was barely enough for $2,000 . It wouldn’t even be enough to maintain dignity as a Grand Sovereign .
‘I’ll need to borrow some . ’
Kang Chul-In, even as he saw his empty bank account, was calm .
It was nothing, to get a private loan . He would be filthy rich in 3-4 months .